To match the
GDPgrowth
rate of the small independent
EU countries by 2017

To close the gap with the top five
OECD
countries by 2017 (
participation)

To increase overall income and reduce income inequality by 2017
(
solidarity)

Performance Improving

Scotland's productivity rank remained at 19 out of 36 countries
between 2011 and 2014, at the top of the third quartile. In 2015,
the rank rose to 16 out of 36.

Scotland’s productivity increased by 3.5% in real terms
during 2015. It is now 9.4% higher than the pre-recession level in
2007.

Performance Maintaining

The gap in employment rates between the three local authorities
with the highest and lowest rates has fluctuated in recent years
and is now at roughly the same level as in 2004.

Scotland's employment rate was the second highest in the
UK in the second and
third quarters of 2017.

The gap in employment rates between the three local authorities
with the highest and lowest rates has declined steadily since
2012.

The percentage of people who are 'very' or 'fairly' satisfied
with local public services remained stable between 2015 and 2016,
having decreased since 2011.

The percentage of people who agree that they can influence
decisions affecting their local area has increased since 2007.

Performance Worsening

Scotland’s annual
GDP growth rate,
on a 4Q on 4Q basis, has been lower than that of the Small
EU Countries since the
third quarter of 2015. The duration and scale of this gap has been
influenced significantly by recent revisions to the Republic of
Ireland’s
GDP time series.
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The gap in employment rates between Scotland and the fifth
highest
OECD
country widened in 2016 to 3.0 percentage points.

The ratio of income of the top 10% divided by the bottom 40%
increased in 2015/16, following a period of stability between
2010/11 and 2014/15.